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Elderly Woman Picking Turnips

Date: 02 23 1915
Description: Mrs. James M. Baker in her winter garden picking turnips. Original caption reads: "She was pulling some winter turnips which behind her were multiplying. I...
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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Men Sitting on Pier

Date: 1915
Description: Two men sit on a pier with a beach and several homes in the background.
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Elbert Blow Farm

Date: 03 17 1915
Description: Elbert Blow farm, with three men and a young child posing. Shows short horn cattle, the barnyard, and home.
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Girl Feeding Chicks

Date: 03 1914
Description: A girl wearing a dress and boots is standing outdoors in a yard near a house to feed chickens and chicks. In the background on the left a child is playing ...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage on Muddy Road

Date: 1915
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn carriage down a muddy dirt road. A wooden fence and several buildings are in the background.
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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Fountain in Bienville Park

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Description: View of Bienville Park. Men and women sit on park benches around a cast iron fountain with an acanthus leaf motif, added to the park in the 1890's. Buildin...
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Fenced-In Farmhouse

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Description: Farmhouse with a porch in front and farm buildings in the back. Thee is a fence around the farmhouse yard. Original caption reads: "Seven room house of S. ...
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Judge Slaughter's Home

Date: 03 10 1915
Description: View from a field of Judge Slaughter's house. The house is surrounded by a white picket fence. On the balcony, there is a large group of people.
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Elbert Blow Farmhouse

Date: 1915
Description: Farmhouse of the Elbert Blow family with a Ford roadster.
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African American Settlement

Date: 05 14 1902
Description: View of road along an African American settlement. A road is leading up to several houses on the left and a fenced-in field on the right. Two horse-drawn c...
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Alabama Home and Farm

Date: 05 1902
Description: View over fence and garden towards an African American home and farm. The small home is standing along a tree line with the fenced-in garden stretching alo...
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African American Town

Date: 05 13 1902
Description: View across road towards an African American town. A fenced-in orchard runs along the left side of the road. Several houses with fenced yards are on a hill...
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Log House

Date: 05 12 1902
Description: Ernst Goetsch and Alexander Krueger standing next to the unique chimney of a log house. The bottom of the chimney is made of wood boards filled with stone ...
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Home in Shelby County

Date: 05 1902
Description: Home of Mr. Dake in Shelby County. There are two porches, one on the left and one on the right. Several trees are in the fenced-in front yard.
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Old Home in Alabama

Date: 05 1902
Description: View from a horse-drawn vehicle of an old home that was built prior to the Civil War. A picket fence surrounds the house. There is a full-length porch on t...
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Paul C. Goetsch Home

Date: 05 1902
Description: Paul C. Goetsch and family posing in front of their home. Mrs. Paul C. Goetsch and Russel Goetsch are sitting on the steps of the front porch. Paul is hold...
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Goetsch Family with Cow

Date: 05 1902
Description: Goetsch family standing with a cow in front of the home of Paul C. Goetsch. From left to right are: Russel Goetsch, Paul C. Goetsch, Mrs. Paul C. Goetsch, ...
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Two Room Log House on James Clarke Farm

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Description: View across bare yard towards a "very pretentious two room log house occupied by Mrs. Ida Eldridge who rents 50 acres. Two women and two young children are...

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